Agreement will give England head coach Eddie Jones greater access to squad players

Former Munster back kicks late penalty as Northampton edge contest with Bath

Australian, England’s first foreign head coach, tasked with reviving the national team after its World Cup disaster

Former Australia and Japan coach to guide England into the Six Nations

Wales head coach dismisses reports claiming he will succeed Stewart Lancaster

The 46-year-old was at the helm for England’s ill-fated Rugby World Cup campaign

Two members of the coaching team are reported to have approached match officials

Australia coach not getting carried away by his side’s superb win over England

‘Lessons will be learnt - and they’ll be found in a calm, clear, rational manner’

Plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge could mean new temporary home for league champions

Schmidt’s men boast a level of mutual understanding that is helping them outperform rivals

The Stoop named as venue for Challenge Cup decider

Large-scale art, a global trend that Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ can take some blame for, often doesn’t work, but sometimes, as with Dublin’s Spire, the gamble pays off

English RFU attend in bid to find solution to current impasse

The Irish engineer Peter Rice brought collaborative spirit and human scale to the projects he pioneered

But agreement on 20-team format is prelude to bigger stumbling blocks on governance and televsion coverage

Browne maintains Union will do its damndest to keep marquee players at home

ERC chairman says Anglo-French split from Heineken Cup would be “detrimental” to the world game

Chief executive indicates that IRB council would block any breakaway competition